Fear of Intimacy and Hardiness among Single Mothers by Choice: A Comparison to Divorced and Married Mothers

Autor/in	Segal-Engelchin, Dorit
Titel	Fear of Intimacy and Hardiness among Single Mothers by Choice: A Comparison to Divorced and Married Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Social Work, 11 (2008) 2, S.95-116 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2158
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Females; Intimacy; Personality; Foreign Countries; Fear; One Parent Family; Comparative Analysis; Marriage; Divorce; Middle Class; Educational Attainment; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Weibliches Geschlecht; Intimität; Personalität; Ausland; Furcht; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Ehe; Ehescheidung; Mittelschicht; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	The phenomenon of nonmarital motherhood among upper-middle-class, educated women has increased dramatically over the last few decades in most industrialized countries. The purpose of the current research is to examine how women who elect nonmarital motherhood compare with women who elect other family configurations with respect to their personality characteristics. This research compares the fear of intimacy in close heterosexual relationships and hardiness of 61 single mothers by choice to that of 53 divorced and 60 married mothers in Israel. The findings indicate that single mothers by choice have a significantly higher level of fear of intimacy in heterosexual relationships compared to married mothers. No significant differences were found between the three groups of mothers in hardiness. Limitations and implications of the findings are discussed. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10